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sponge. A second application seldom fails to destroy 

 the vermin. 



Carbolic acid and warm water destroy the para- 

 sites. 



STRAINS AND BRUISES. 



Cattle are not so liable to strains and bruises as 

 horses ; and as they are seldom necessitated to active 

 exertion after an accident has occurred to them, there 

 is less difficulty in curing them. Whether the affection 

 is in the muscular or tendinous parts, we would re- 

 commend similar treatment as that employed for the 

 horse under such circumstances. 



Fomentation should first be tried, and w^hen the 

 inflammation has been subdued, the following liniment 

 must be well rubbed on the part affected, two or three 

 times daily, until all the symptoms have disappeared : — 



Linseed oil ... . 5 ounces, 



Spirit of turpentine, . i ounce. 



Hartshorn, or liquid ammonia . i ounce. 



When any portion of the limbs has been sprained, 

 so as to occasion lameness, and has not been removed 

 by applying the above liniment, it will be necessary to 

 have recourse to a blister. 



WOUNDS. 



In treating of this part of our subject, we shall 

 confine our observations chiefly to wounds of a simple 

 nature, for this reason, that when cattle are injured in 

 the internal parts, which requires a long and tedious 

 attention, it will be better at once to kill the animal, 

 because the trouble and expense will counter-balance 

 the profit of a tedious recovery. The flesh of cattle 



